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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in online learning have provided the means for learners in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning organizations are having to deal with now that e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Miriada X to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Educators and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp these significant new open educational experiments. Teachers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive demand for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also talks about the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Educational Resources