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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new gains in digital education technology make it possible for students in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. These massively open online courses are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning institutions have to consider now that e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like openHPI to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators handle inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education undertakings. Scientists want to know how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing desideratum for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Educational Resources