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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which describes subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest advancements in elearning have empowered students all over the world to take part in online courses. Massive open online courses are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are many issues that online learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? 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 University of New Mexico to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to know how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also reviews the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Educational Resources