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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in elearning technology are providing the means for people all around 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 MOOCs are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is all right? This open education book offers guidelines for others hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning experience. How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Vatican City to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding necessity to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open education ventures. Public servants want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this expanding desideratum for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also reviews the 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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