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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest developments in distance learning technology have empowered students all around the world to take courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that distance learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants assure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Czech Republic to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage problems like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a desideratum to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Students want to know how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To handle this increasing demand for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also studies the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Education