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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New gains in elearning are making it possible for people in nations all around the world to be participants in classes online. These massive open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a expanding desire to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants would like to better comprehend these intriguing new open education experiments. Academics want to perceive how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this developing desire for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also investigates the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Educational Resources