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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in distance learning technology are empowering people all over the world to be participants in courses 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. MOOC classes are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education institutions are having to struggle with today because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Columbia University to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open educational endeavours. Corporations want to perceive how these MOOCs can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To handle this growing need for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource topics. This intriguing new book also articulates the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Educational Resources