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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in online education have made it possible for learners in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology institutions have to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we be assured that the quality of these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Cornell University to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a growing need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants need to better understand these open education experiments. People want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing desideratum for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This intriguing new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Educational Resources