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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in distance learning have empowered people all over 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. These MOOCs are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning institutions are dealing with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more available there is a necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding desideratum for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This gripping new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Educational Resources