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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New gains in distance learning technology have empowered humans in nations all aver the world to participate in online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These online MOOCs are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that e-learning organizations are having to attend to now that learning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more available there is a increasing desire to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Researchers and many other participants need to gain a better understanding of these promising new open educational experiments. Researchers want to know how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this crescive desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Educational Resources