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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches topics having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in learning technology have enabled humans in all parts of the world to take online classes. 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 classes are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are several issues that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with today because online education technology is advancing so swiftly. This scholarly volume offer guidelines for educators hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning environment. How can we ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is good? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these significant new open education endeavours. Teachers want to know how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this crescive need for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also explores the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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