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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest advances in online education enable students all around the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOC classes are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning organizations are having to deal with now that online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like MenaVersity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Lecturers want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this expanding demand for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also articulates the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Education