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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in electronic education technology have made it possible for people in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning technology institutions are having to struggle with now that online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can we make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor motivation and high attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these new open educational experiments. Teachers want to know how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this increasing desideratum for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This intriguing new book also analyzes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Open Educational Resources (OER)