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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which investigates topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. The latest improvements in online education technology make it possible for people all around the world to take courses online. Massive open online courses are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few issues that distance learning organizations must deal with now that elearning technology is improving so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can organizations guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can learners ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators handle low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders would like to understand these compelling new open education ventures. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing desire for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This inspiring new book also researches the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Education