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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in elearning technology are empowering people all around the world to participate in online classes. Massively open online courses are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning technology institutions are having to attend to now that blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Kirkwood Community College to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Universities want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Education