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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses subjects related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in distance learning have enabled learners in nations all aver the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are quite a few subjects that online education institutions have to consider more than ever because online learning technology is improving so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can educators be assured that the quality control for these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like OpenupEd to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle problems like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a growing need to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Educators and many other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Professors want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this increasing desire for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource topics. This sensational new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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