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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in online education are providing the means for humans in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that distance learning organizations are having to consider more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can learners ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? How can we handle poor student motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants desire to better perceive these fascinating new open education endeavours. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing need for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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