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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in e-learning are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that blended learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants make sure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Cornell University to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open educational endeavours. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be made better. In response to this developing demand for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also researches the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Massively Open Online Courses (moocs)