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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in distance learning technology have made it possible for people in every nation on earth to take part 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. These MOOC classes are commonly 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 lot of topics that online education organizations are struggling with more than ever because online education technology is developing so fast. How can teachers make sure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Stanford Online to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these significant new open educational experiments. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing need for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This book also analyzes the controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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