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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent gains in e-learning technology have provided the means for students all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning organizations have to consider more than ever because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business models are being used by organizations like Peninsula College to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we manage low motivation and high attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desideratum to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Students want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be improved. To meet this crescive desire for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also describes the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Education