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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New gains in e-learning are enabling learners all around the world to be participants in online classes. These massive open online courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many issues that distance learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations assure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is passable? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like FutureLearn to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these open education undertakings. Lecturers want to understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this increasing demand for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This new book also researches the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Educational Resources