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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which researches issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest evolvements in digital education technology have provided the means for humans all over the world to take 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. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. Massive open online courses are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology institutions are struggling with today because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Instructors want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing desideratum for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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