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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new improvements in learning technology have empowered people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can institutions ensure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can learners make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Public servants want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This gripping new book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Educational Resources