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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new changes in online education technology are enabling humans in nations all around the world to take part in courses online. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. Massive open online courses are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several issues that distance learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can we be assured that the quality control for these MOOC courses is good? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. People want to understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this developing demand for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Education