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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in digital education technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to take classes online. Massively open online courses are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning organizations are having to consider today because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the quality control for these MOOCs is tolerable? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing need to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open educational undertakings. Universities want to perceive how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this growing desire for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Education