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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New advancements in digital education technology are empowering humans all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online education organizations are having to attend to now that elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Montserrat to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants need to understand these important new open educational initiatives. Corporations want to understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this crescive desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also describes the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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