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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in distance learning technology are empowering students in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive open online courses are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online education organizations are struggling with today because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations certify that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Twitter to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these open educational experiments. Professors want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also addresses the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Massively Open Online Courses (moocs)