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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines subjects regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses. The latest gains in online education are empowering learners in nations all around the world to take part in classes 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 MOOC courses are 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 many topics that online learning institutions have to deal with now that online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can learners make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like French Polynesia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we handle problems like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these compelling new open educational experiments. Professors want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing need for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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