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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in e-learning are enabling humans in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning technology organizations are dealing with more than ever because online education technology is developing so quickly. How can educators make sure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business models are being used by institutions like Princeton University to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Students want to know how MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this crescive demand for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Education