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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores subjects related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in online education technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. 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. This MOOCs book also analyzes the motivational variables involved in self-directed learning experiences. Massive open online courses are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning technology institutions are dealing with more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions certify that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different strategies are being used by institutions like Chile to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage problems like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these open educational experiments. Corporations want to comprehend how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this growing desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This sensational new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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