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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in distance learning technology enable people in nations all aver the world to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning institutions are struggling with now that e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of these MOOCs is respectable? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business models are being used by organizations like Marquette University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more available there is a developing need to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these open education experiments. Students want to better understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To meet this desire for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also researches the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Education