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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in online education have provided the means for people all over the world to be participants in classes online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive open courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online education institutions are having to struggle with now that e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is good? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can participants make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a growing desire to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants would like to be more aware of these exciting new open education endeavours. Corporations want to comprehend how MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this increasing need for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This definitive new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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