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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new gains in distance learning technology have empowered learners in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes online. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These massively open online courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning technology organizations are having to attend to now that distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open education endeavours. Educators want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding desire for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This inspiring new book also investigates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Educational Resources