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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New gains in online education are empowering students in nations all around the world to participate in classes 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. MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many subjects that learning technology organizations must deal with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a expanding necessity to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing need for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also discusses the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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