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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Brand new improvements in e-learning are empowering people in nations all aver the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. MOOC classes are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology organizations are having to consider now that elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of Virginia to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a desire to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Academics want to know how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this expanding need for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also researches the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Education