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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in distance learning technology are empowering people in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are numerous subjects that online learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Rwaq to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can participants get a handle on inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a need to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Corporations want to know how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this increasing desire for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This sensational new book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Education