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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies topics relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in digital education technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning organizations are having to consider now that elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we ensure that the quality control for these MOOCs is adequate? How can we certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Wellesley College to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open educational undertakings. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also studies the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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