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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest advances in digital education technology enable people all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. 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 massive open online courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning technology institutions must deal with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can we make sure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by institutions like Uruguay to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a demand to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these fascinating new open education undertakings. Trainers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing desideratum for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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