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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new changes in technology-enhanced learning are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massive open online courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that elearning organizations are having to deal with today because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can students certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like The New School to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders want to better comprehend these exciting new open education experiments. Trainers want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this desire for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This inspiring new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Education