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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in electronic educational technology are empowering humans all around the world to take part in online courses. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning organizations have to deal with today because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can participants ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like United Kingdom to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these interesting new open educational experiments. Corporations want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this demand for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also studies the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Education