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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in online education technology are providing the means for students all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are considering now that learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on low motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these important new open education experiments. Scientists want to perceive how these MOOCs can be made better. In response to this growing demand for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education topics. This interesting new book also studies the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Education