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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New changes in online education technology are making it possible for learners in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. MOOCs are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning organizations are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like France to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Corporations want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing demand for information the definitive 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 major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Educational Resources