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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in online learning technology have enabled humans in nations all around the world to take online classes. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning technology institutions are having to struggle with now that online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is passable? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like CaltechX to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle problems like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Scholars want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this demand for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education topics. This dramatic new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Educational Resources