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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in distance learning technology are empowering learners all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massive open online courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators assure that the quality of these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Wellesley College to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Trainers want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing desideratum for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This intriguing new book also researches the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Educational Resources