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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern improvements in distance learning are enabling people in every nation on earth to take courses online. These MOOC classes are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online education organizations are dealing with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can educators guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Harvard University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive these significant new open education experiments. Professors want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing desideratum for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource topics. This sensational new book also explores the controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Massively Open Online Courses (moocs) Definition