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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in digital education technology have provided the means for humans all around the world to take online courses. 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 for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning technology organizations are dealing with now that elearning technology is developing so swiftly. This scholarly volume offer guidelines for educators hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning environment. How can institutions assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Bermuda to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As online education technology becomes more available there is a expanding demand to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand these new open educational experiments. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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