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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in online education make it possible for humans in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners 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 issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the education provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like French Polynesia to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and many other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education ventures. Teachers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desire for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This gripping new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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