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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in digital education technology are making it possible for students all over the world to participate in courses online. These MOOCs are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning technology organizations are struggling with today because online education technology is developing so fast. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can educators guarantee that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of low student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this crescive need for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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