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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in distance learning technology enable people in nations all around the world to take part 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. MOOC courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a variety of issues that e-learning institutions are having to struggle with today because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Denmark to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants want to better grasp these open education endeavours. Universities want to comprehend how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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