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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in online education technology are empowering students all around the world to take online courses. These MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning institutions are having to attend to now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can teachers make sure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can learners certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a increasing need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open educational undertakings. Instructors want to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing desire for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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