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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in electronic education technology are enabling students all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. MOOC courses are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to attend to today because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can institutions certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Brazil to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. People want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this desire for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This inspiring new book also examines the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Educational Resources