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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in electronic education technology are empowering students in all parts of the world to take courses 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 MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that blended learning institutions are having to deal with today because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like French Polynesia to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage problems like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Students want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this developing desire for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This amazing new book also considers the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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