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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent advancements in online education have provided the means for people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. 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. These online MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that learning technology institutions must deal with now that online learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business models are being used by organizations like Kingman Reef to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing need to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Scientists want to know how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this expanding demand for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also reviews the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Educational Resources