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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in distance learning technology are empowering humans in nations all aver the world to participate 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 open courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that blended learning institutions are dealing with now that elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like low motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders need to understand these promising new open educational experiments. Corporations want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This authoritative new book also talks about the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Education