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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in electronic educational technology are empowering people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning organizations must deal with today because online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business models are being used by institutions like Somalia to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a demand to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this expanding demand for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also articulates the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Educational Resources