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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in online education technology enable students all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education institutions must deal with more than ever because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like United Kingdom to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Instructors want to comprehend how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this demand for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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