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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in online learning technology are enabling students in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. These online MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can educators guarantee that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Researchers want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this crescive desideratum for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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