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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern advancements in electronic educational technology have made it possible for people all around the world to participate in courses online. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education institutions have to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Uganda to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand these interesting new open education experiments. Everybody wants to know how MOOC courses can be enhanced. In response to this developing need for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Educational Resources