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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advancements in technology-enhanced learning are providing the means for people all over the world to be participants in 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. These MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning organizations are having to attend to now that online learning technology is improving so quickly. This scholarly volume offer guidelines for educators hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning environment. How can we certify that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can students make sure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by organizations like Navassa Island to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage problems like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants want to better perceive these new open education undertakings. Corporations want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desideratum for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This dramatic new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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