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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that talks about issues related to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent advances in online learning have provided the means for learners all over the world to be participants 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. These massive online courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology institutions are having to attend to today because learning technology is improving so swiftly. This scholarly volume offer guidelines for educators hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning environment. How can we make sure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a necessity to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these compelling new open educational initiatives. Professors want to comprehend how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive need for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This amazing new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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