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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. New changes in digital education technology are providing the means for people all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many topics that online learning institutions are having to attend to today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions make sure that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more available there is a expanding need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open educational endeavours. Professors want to better understand how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this desire for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This book also describes the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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