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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in distance learning technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to take classes online. These online MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning institutions are having to deal with now that learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers make sure that the quality of these massive open online courses is all right? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage problems like low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Universities want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this expanding demand for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also explores the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Educational Resources