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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in online education technology make it possible for people in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning technology institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can stakeholders be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can students make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a expanding need to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive need for facts the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This inspiring new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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