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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in electronic educational technology have empowered people in nations all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that distance learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like FutureLearn to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desire for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Education