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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in e-learning have made it possible for people all around the world to take online classes. These online MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology institutions have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations certify that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desideratum to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants need to better grasp these interesting new open education experiments. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing demand for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This amazing new book also discusses the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Educational Resources