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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in distance learning have empowered people all over the world to take online courses. These online MOOC courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology organizations are considering today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can participants certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a demand to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these promising new open education experiments. Universities want to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive desire for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This gripping new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Education