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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New gains in elearning have empowered humans in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education organizations are dealing with now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can institutions make sure that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can learners certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Public servants want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this developing desire for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education issues. This new book also deals with the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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