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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which analyzes issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in distance learning technology have made it possible for humans in nations all around the world to take online classes. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology institutions have to deal with today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants be assured that the education provided by these massive open online courses is passable? This open education book offers guidelines for others hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning experience. How can stakeholders make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like NovoEd to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Academics want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive need for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also deals with the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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