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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent developments in electronic educational technology have provided the means for learners all around the world to participate in courses online. These massive open courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that elearning organizations must deal with today because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants make sure that the quality of these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage problems like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Academics and many other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these new open educational ventures. Academics want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this desideratum for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also studies the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Education