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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in elearning have enabled people in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. Massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online education institutions are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is good? This open education book offers guidelines for others hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning experience. How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Public servants want to know how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This exciting new book also describes the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Educational Resources