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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which addresses issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in online learning technology are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. These massive open online courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous subjects that e-learning institutions are dealing with now that blended learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations ensure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can participants certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage low student motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more available there is a necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Professors and many other stakeholders want to understand these significant new open education endeavours. Students want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this expanding desire for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also researches the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Massively Open Online Courses (moocs) Definition