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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in online education have empowered humans all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning technology institutions have to consider now that e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can organizations certify that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Great Basin College to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Teachers want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this desideratum for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This inspiring new book also reviews the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Education