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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in learning technology have provided the means for people all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning technology organizations have to consider today because learning technology is developing so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can educators assure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants need to be more aware of these open educational initiatives. Universities want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing desideratum for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also researches the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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