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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in elearning make it possible for students in all parts of the world to take part in online classes. 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 massively open online courses are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that learning technology organizations must deal with now that elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can stakeholders certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like France to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants would like to better perceive these exciting new open education undertakings. Everybody wants to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding need for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also considers the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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