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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in distance learning are enabling people in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning technology organizations have to struggle with today because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators guarantee that the quality of these MOOCs is acceptable? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Iceland to conduct these MOOC courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desideratum to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Intellectuals and numerous other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these compelling new open education initiatives. Everybody wants to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive desire for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Education