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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in distance learning technology are empowering learners all around the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massive open online courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants certify that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Corporations want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desideratum for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Educational Resources