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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in electronic educational technology are making it possible for learners in nations all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of issues that online learning institutions are dealing with today because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by institutions like South Ossetia to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive these interesting new open education experiments. Public servants want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive demand for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also articulates the controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Education