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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in distance learning are making it possible for humans all over the world to be participants in online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are a variety of issues that elearning technology institutions are struggling with now that learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants guarantee that the training provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these new open educational undertakings. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Educators want to comprehend how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also reviews the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Education