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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in electronic education technology have empowered learners all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. These massive open courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning technology institutions must deal with now that online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can we ensure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Korea, North to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open educational endeavours. Intellectuals want to better understand how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing need for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This definitive new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Educational Resources