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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in electronic education technology have made it possible for people in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning organizations are having to deal with now that online education technology is advancing so fast. How can educators be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like University of Kentucky to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a growing need to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open education ventures. Everybody wants to comprehend how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This inspiring new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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