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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in electronic education technology are making it possible for people all around the world to take part in courses online. MOOCs are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning technology institutions are considering more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders certify that the education provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Google+ to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage issues like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders want to better understand these new open educational undertakings. Lecturers want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Education