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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in online learning have enabled people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to now that online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators ensure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is passable? How can organizations certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle problems like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to perceive how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also studies the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Education