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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines subjects pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in online education have provided the means for people in nations all aver the world to participate in courses online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massively open online courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning institutions are having to consider more than ever because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators assure that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Dominica to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This sensational new book also investigates the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Educational Resources