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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest changes in distance learning technology enable people all over the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are numerous topics that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with today because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can organizations certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage problems like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants want to better understand these interesting new open education undertakings. Scholars want to know how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This gripping new book also discusses the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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