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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new changes in elearning enable people all over the world to take online classes. MOOC classes are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning institutions have to deal with now that online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of these MOOC courses is passable? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Miriada X to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like low motivation and high learner attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As e-learning becomes more procurable there is a desire to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants would like to better comprehend these promising new open education experiments. Universities want to better understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To meet this expanding demand for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This sensational new book also researches the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Education