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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in e-learning are enabling people all around the world to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning organizations have to struggle with today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Brown University to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders want to understand these fascinating new open education experiments. Scientists want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing desire for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Education