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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in electronic education technology are enabling people all over the world to take online classes. These MOOC classes are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that blended learning organizations are having to struggle with now that learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants need to better understand these exciting new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desire for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This inspiring new book also examines the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Educational Resources