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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in electronic education technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to take online classes. These MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a lot of issues that elearning organizations must deal with today because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. This scholarly volume offer guidelines for educators hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning environment. How can teachers guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Mali to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a growing desideratum to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp these exciting new open educational experiments. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this expanding demand for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education topics. This thrilling new book also talks about the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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