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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that analyzes issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in electronic educational technology have enabled people in nations all around the world to participate 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. MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology institutions have to deal with more than ever because online education technology is improving so fast. How can institutions certify that the quality of these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can students make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Panama to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants need to better perceive these exciting new open education initiatives. Professors want to comprehend how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This gripping new book also reviews the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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