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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New developments in distance learning are enabling learners all around the world to participate in courses online. MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are struggling with now that elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp these interesting new open education endeavours. Scientists want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this need for information the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This inspiring new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Education