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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers issues related to open education resources and massive open online courses. The latest gains in distance learning technology enable people all over the world to take 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. Massively open online courses are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to deal with now that distance learning technology is improving so fast. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can we make sure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Central African Republic to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open educational undertakings. Instructors want to know how massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this need for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This amazing new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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