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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in e-learning technology have empowered humans all over the world to take classes 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. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with now that learning technology is advancing so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like University of Florida to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants need to better understand these open educational undertakings. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desire for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Education