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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that analyzes subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in online education have empowered students all over the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online education organizations are dealing with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can participants guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by institutions like Christmas Island to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants would like to better understand these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Researchers want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this desire for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This book also explores the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Education