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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest advances in digital education technology have provided the means for learners all around the world to be participants in online classes. These online MOOCs are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of issues that elearning organizations must deal with today because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the training provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can participants ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open educational experiments. Scholars want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive demand for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also talks about the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Massively Open Online Courses (moocs) Definition