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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in online learning enable students all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOCs are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is good? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can organizations certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a growing need to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders need to better understand these interesting new open educational undertakings. Everybody wants to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this demand for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This inspiring new book also considers the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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