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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new improvements in electronic educational technology are making it possible for learners all over the world to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning technology institutions must deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is decent? How can participants certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants handle problems like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Trainers and many other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these open educational endeavours. Corporations want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive need for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also examines the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Educational Resources