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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in elearning are providing the means for people all around the world to take online courses. MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that blended learning organizations are having to deal with today because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants need to better understand these intriguing new open education experiments. Scholars want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this growing demand for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Education