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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that analyzes subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in online education technology are providing the means for students all around the world to participate in online classes. Massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning technology organizations are struggling with now that elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants certify that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Researchers want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing desideratum for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Educational Resources