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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews subjects having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in technology-enhanced learning are providing the means for learners all around the world to take part in online courses. MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of issues that elearning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of Pennsylvania to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a increasing desideratum to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational undertakings. Teachers want to know how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this increasing demand for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This thrilling new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Massive Open Online Courses (moocs) Definition