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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in distance learning enable learners in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning institutions must deal with now that distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Jersey to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing need for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This gripping new book also examines the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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