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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that talks about topics related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern evolvements in elearning enable learners all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning organizations are having to deal with more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can students make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants would like to be more aware of these exciting new open educational experiments. Researchers want to better understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this crescive demand for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Educational Resources