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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in online education are making it possible for people all around the world to participate in online courses. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. 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 MOOC classes are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of issues that blended learning institutions are having to struggle with now that distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Martinique to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more procurable there is a growing necessity to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these open education undertakings. Researchers want to comprehend how these MOOCs can be made better. To meet this increasing desire for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also researches the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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