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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern changes in online education have enabled people in every nation on earth to take part in online classes. These online MOOC courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning technology organizations are dealing with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions assure that the quality of these MOOC classes is good? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Tumblr to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle low learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing desire for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also describes the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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