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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New advancements in digital education technology make it possible for students in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. These MOOCs are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning technology institutions have to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants certify that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Teachers want to understand how MOOCs can be improved. To meet this growing need for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This amazing new book also examines the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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