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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in distance learning have empowered people in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a lot of issues that elearning institutions have to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like University of Michigan to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we manage inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more available there is a increasing desideratum to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders want to understand these compelling new open education experiments. People want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this desire for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also explores the controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Educational Resources