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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches topics related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest advances in e-learning enable people in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology organizations have to consider more than ever because online education technology is developing so fast. How can we be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can participants certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Great Basin College to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand these significant new open education endeavours. Academics want to know how these MOOCs can be improved. To meet this need for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Education