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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that analyzes subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern changes in technology-enhanced learning are making it possible for people all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that learning technology institutions are dealing with more than ever because learning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions ensure that the quality of these MOOC courses is decent? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can we get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Lecturers want to grasp how MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this developing need for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also investigates the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Education