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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in digital education technology have made it possible for learners all around 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. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of subjects that online learning technology institutions have to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is respectable? This book conveys life-changing stories that might inspire others to try experiencing MOOCs and open education. How can organizations make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and many other participants would like to better understand these important new open educational experiments. Scholars want to understand how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing desire for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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