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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in electronic education technology are enabling people all over the world to be participants in online courses. MOOC classes are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning organizations must deal with today because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions be assured that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a growing desideratum to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing demand for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This new book also reviews the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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