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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in digital education technology are empowering learners all around the world to take part in online classes. These massive open courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are numerous topics that distance learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders certify that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can participants certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of these interesting new open educational experiments. Students want to perceive how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this desideratum for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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