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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in distance learning enable humans in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that e-learning technology organizations are dealing with now that online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants desire to be more aware of these exciting new open education experiments. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this need for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also considers the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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