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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest advancements in digital education technology are providing the means for people all around the world to take classes online. These massive online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning institutions are considering today because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants certify that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing need to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Educators want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding desideratum for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education topics. This book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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