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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which talks about issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in online learning enable people all around the world to participate in online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massively open online courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of topics that learning technology organizations are having to attend to now that elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Samoa to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants need to gain a better understanding of these promising new open educational experiments. Scientists want to better understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this desideratum for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This book also reviews the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Massively Open Online Courses (moocs) Definition