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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in distance learning technology are providing the means for humans all over the world to take part in online courses. Massive open online courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning technology institutions have to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators ensure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like University of Virginia to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of low motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing need to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders need to better understand these important new open education experiments. Public servants want to grasp how MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this desire for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Education