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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in elearning have empowered people in nations all around the world to take part in classes online. These massively open online courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology institutions are dealing with more than ever because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like State University of New York to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Public servants want to comprehend how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Educational Resources