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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent developments in blended learning have enabled people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning organizations have to deal with today because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Concordia University Wisconsin to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders want to better grasp these open education undertakings. Instructors want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This book also examines the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Educational Resources