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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new improvements in elearning technology have provided the means for students in nations all around the world to take part in classes online. These massive open courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology institutions are having to deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators make sure that the education provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Emory University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Corporations want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing need for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also researches the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Education