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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern gains in distance learning technology have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning institutions are struggling with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle problems like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding desire to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better grasp these promising new open educational initiatives. Trainers want to understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this developing demand for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Education