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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in digital education technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth 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 usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many topics that online learning organizations are struggling with today because blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers certify that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can organizations certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Facebook to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding necessity to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants would like to better grasp these open education initiatives. Lecturers want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desideratum for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also talks about the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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