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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which deals with topics related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in e-learning have empowered people in nations all around the world to be participants in 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 massively open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several issues that learning technology institutions are having to attend to more than ever because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open educational undertakings. Professors want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding need for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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