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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which investigates issues related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in distance learning are making it possible for people all over the world to take online classes. These massive open courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are many topics that online learning technology organizations are dealing with today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators make sure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can learners make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with poor motivation and high attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Scholars want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing desire for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This inspiring new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Massively Open Online Courses (moocs)