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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in online learning technology are enabling students in every nation on earth to take courses 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. These MOOCs are typically free for students 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. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous issues that distance learning organizations are having to attend to now that learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can learners certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like OpenupEd to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open education initiatives. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desideratum for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This thrilling new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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