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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers subjects related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in electronic education technology have provided the means for students in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. These massive online courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning technology organizations are having to attend to today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Norfolk Island to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these promising new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to better understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing demand for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also describes the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Education