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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in digital education technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to take part in online courses. 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 massive online courses are ordinarily 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 a variety of subjects that online learning organizations are considering today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants certify that the education provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Faroe Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a necessity to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this increasing desideratum for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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