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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in online education are enabling students all over the world to participate in classes online. These massive open courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that elearning institutions must deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Students want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing desire for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This book also addresses the most important 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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