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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New advancements in electronic educational technology are providing the means for humans all over the world to take courses online. MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. This scholarly volume offer guidelines for educators hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning environment. How can participants certify that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Tumblr to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants would like to better comprehend these promising new open educational experiments. Scientists want to know how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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