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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. The latest gains in digital education technology make it possible for humans all over the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that distance learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we make sure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more widespread there is a necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open education initiatives. Researchers want to know how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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