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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent developments in e-learning have made it possible for people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can institutions certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Miriada X to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Professors want to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing demand for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This intriguing new book also examines the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Education