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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in e-learning are providing the means for students all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that learning technology organizations are having to attend to today because online education technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these MOOCs? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle problems like poor motivation and high attrition?

As online education technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desideratum to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants desire to better perceive these promising new open education experiments. People want to comprehend how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this growing demand for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also articulates the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Education