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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in digital education technology enable people in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. 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. MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that learning technology organizations are considering today because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Somalia to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive these new open educational experiments. Academics want to grasp how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this demand for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This sensational new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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