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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in distance learning technology enable people all over the world to take courses online. These massive open courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning institutions must deal with now that online learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations make sure that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like MenaVersity to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these open educational endeavours. Universities want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also researches the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Massively Open Online Courses (moocs)