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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in elearning are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning organizations are having to struggle with now that online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers ensure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Everyone wants to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desideratum for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Educational Resources