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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in online learning have empowered people in nations all around the world to take part in online classes. These massive online courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning organizations are having to attend to now that learning technology is developing so quickly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can teachers assure that the quality of these MOOCs is all right? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like U.S. Virgin Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators handle problems like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these compelling new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to know how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this crescive demand for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This inspiring new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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