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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in online learning are enabling people all over the world to participate in online classes. MOOC courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online education organizations are having to deal with today because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the education provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these new open education endeavours. Academics want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this increasing need for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Education