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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in e-learning technology are providing the means for humans all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are generally 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. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many issues that e-learning technology institutions are struggling with today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can we make sure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can learners ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like openHPI to conduct these massively open online courses? How can stakeholders manage low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more available there is a expanding necessity to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open education ventures. People want to know how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing desideratum for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Massively Open Online Courses (moocs) Definition