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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New evolvements in learning technology enable learners in every nation on earth to take classes online. These MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that learning technology institutions are having to attend to now that online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations make sure that the quality of these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can participants certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage problems like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Professors and lots of other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these open educational endeavours. Universities want to better understand how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this developing need for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This new book also considers the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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