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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern developments in digital education technology are empowering students all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOC classes are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are several topics that online education organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we make sure that the quality of these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can learners make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders need to better understand these promising new open education endeavours. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this desire for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This sensational new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Education