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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in online learning technology enable humans all over the world to be participants in classes online. MOOC courses are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology organizations are struggling with now that distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can we assure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is decent? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle problems like low student motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants need to better comprehend these promising new open education experiments. Students want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desire for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This interesting new book also researches the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Massively Open Online Courses (moocs)