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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in learning technology have provided the means for learners all over the world to take courses 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 online MOOC courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are numerous issues that elearning technology institutions are struggling with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so fast. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can organizations make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants would like to better perceive these open education experiments. People want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this increasing need for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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