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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new gains in online education are empowering people all around the world to participate in courses online. These MOOCs are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that learning technology organizations have to struggle with now that learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers make sure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is passable? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Netherlands to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like low motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders want to be more aware of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Professors want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing desire for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This gripping new book also investigates the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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