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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in online learning technology have empowered students in every nation on earth to be participants 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 MOOC courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education institutions have to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators assure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like San Diego County Office of Education to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a need to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Researchers want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing demand for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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