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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers subjects relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in elearning technology are making it possible for humans all over the world to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to struggle with today because online education technology is developing so fast. How can educators be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Cocos (Keeling) Islands to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a growing demand to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these exciting new open education undertakings. Everybody wants to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Open Educational Resources (OER)