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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which talks about subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in digital education technology make it possible for humans all around the world to participate in courses 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. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning institutions are having to deal with more than ever because online education technology is improving so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can participants guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Miriada X to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle problems like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders need to better perceive these new open educational experiments. Researchers want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this desire for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also explores the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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