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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern advances in distance learning enable people all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning institutions are struggling with now that e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Johnston Atoll to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these new open educational experiments. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this growing desideratum for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This inspiring new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Massively Open Online Courses (moocs)