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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in distance learning technology are enabling students all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Germany to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage problems like poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open educational undertakings. Everyone wants to grasp how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this increasing desire for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This dramatic new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Educational Resources