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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in technology-enhanced learning enable learners all over the world to take part in online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology organizations must deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a need to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open education ventures. People want to know how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This book also analyzes the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Educational Resources