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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in distance learning technology enable people all over the world to participate in classes online. 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 massively open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous topics that elearning technology institutions have to struggle with more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can organizations make sure that the education provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Brunei to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more available there is a need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants need to better comprehend these interesting new open educational experiments. Public servants want to understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing desire for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This interesting new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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