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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in distance learning have provided the means for students in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology organizations are having to consider more than ever because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. This scholarly volume offer guidelines for educators hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning environment. How can teachers ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can students certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open education ventures. Academics want to better understand how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this developing desideratum for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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