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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which articulates issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in distance learning technology enable learners in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. Massive open online courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that blended learning institutions have to consider more than ever because learning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Lecturers want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education issues. This inspiring new book also describes the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Educational Resources