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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in distance learning technology have empowered students in nations all around the world to take online courses. These online MOOCs are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are quite a few topics that online education institutions are struggling with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants make sure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can organizations make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Jersey to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more available there is a developing need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these important new open educational experiments. Professors want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing need for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This sensational new book also examines the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Educational Resources