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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in distance learning technology are enabling humans all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are typically free for students but do not 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 numerous topics that e-learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers be assured that the training provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Palau to conduct these MOOCs? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Public servants want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this expanding need for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This gripping new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Educational Resources