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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in online education are enabling humans all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. 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. Massive open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online education institutions are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like University of Virginia to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle problems like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desideratum to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders need to understand these fascinating new open education experiments. Scholars want to comprehend how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this increasing desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This definitive new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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