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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers subjects regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in online learning technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning organizations have to consider more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Romania to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of low motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Educators want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing demand for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This sensational 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) Definition