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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in e-learning technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning technology organizations have to consider in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What strategies are being used by organizations like Barbados to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Universities want to understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this increasing need for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also examines the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Education