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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in e-learning enable people in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are several topics that distance learning organizations have to struggle with now that elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of these MOOCs is decent? How can participants certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these open educational initiatives. Corporations want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding desire for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Educational Resources