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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in digital education technology are empowering people in nations all aver the world to be participants in online courses. These online MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning technology institutions are dealing with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the training provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can learners certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle issues like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants would like to better comprehend these interesting new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to grasp how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this crescive desideratum for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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