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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in digital education technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology institutions have to consider today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a growing desire to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other participants would like to better grasp these exciting new open educational ventures. Researchers want to grasp how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also researches the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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