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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in elearning technology are enabling people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning organizations are considering now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like The New School to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Educators want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing need for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Education