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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in e-learning are providing the means for people in nations all aver the world to participate in courses online. These MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning institutions are having to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the quality of these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Princeton University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a desire to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these significant new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this growing demand for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Education