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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in elearning have enabled students all around the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are numerous issues that distance learning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Saudi Arabia to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants get a handle on low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a need to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these promising new open education experiments. Academics want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also examines the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Educational Resources