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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews issues related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in online education technology enable people in nations all aver the world to take part in classes online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. 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 classes are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to attend to now that online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we make sure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can participants ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like British Antarctic Territory to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage issues like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing need to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp these exciting new open educational endeavours. Public servants want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this crescive desire for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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