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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in electronic educational technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants assure that the quality of these MOOCs is passable? How can institutions certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with low motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Everybody wants to comprehend how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing demand for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also deals with the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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