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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in e-learning make it possible for people in nations all aver the world to participate in online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online education organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we assure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like CaltechX to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these significant new open educational undertakings. Students want to grasp how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this need for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Education