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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new gains in electronic education technology enable learners all over the world to take online classes. These online MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not 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 numerous issues that elearning institutions must deal with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can stakeholders certify that the quality control for these MOOC classes is good? How can learners make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage issues like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a developing necessity to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders want to be more aware of these exciting new open education endeavours. Lecturers want to understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this need for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational topics. This book also considers the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Education