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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in online education have enabled students in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology institutions are considering more than ever because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can learners ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like State University of New York to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle low motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders desire to better understand these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Corporations want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing need for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Educational Resources