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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New improvements in digital education technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to participate in 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. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. This MOOCs book also analyzes the motivational variables involved in self-directed learning experiences. These massive open courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology organizations are having to deal with now that online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Palau to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage issues like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open education endeavours. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this growing need for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This thrilling new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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