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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which addresses subjects regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest gains in online education have empowered students in all parts of the world to take online classes. MOOCs are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that learning technology institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. This scholarly volume offer guidelines for educators hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning environment. How can we be assured that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Guernsey to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desideratum for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This book also considers the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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