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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in distance learning technology are empowering students all over the world to participate in courses online. MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning institutions are considering today because learning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can institutions make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like openHPI to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants get a handle on poor motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders want to better comprehend these open education ventures. Trainers want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing need for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This sensational new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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