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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which addresses issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. New advances in e-learning enable people in all parts of the world to take online courses. Massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology organizations are having to deal with now that online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle problems like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders need to better comprehend these fascinating new open educational experiments. Researchers want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive need for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This book also discusses the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Education