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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines subjects related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in elearning technology enable people all around the world to participate in online courses. These massive open courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that elearning technology institutions are dealing with today because online learning technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we certify that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Faroe Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Teachers want to know how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this growing desideratum for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Educational Resources