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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in online learning technology enable people in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to attend to now that distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions make sure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Eliademy to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators manage inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding desideratum to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders would like to better understand these important new open educational experiments. Students want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this growing demand for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This intriguing new book also talks about the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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