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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in online learning technology enable people all around the world to take part in classes online. Massively open online courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning technology organizations are dealing with today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators ensure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is good? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Afghanistan to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants need to gain more knowledge about these promising new open educational experiments. Universities want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing desideratum for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs)