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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in digital education technology have empowered learners in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning technology organizations must deal with now that online learning technology is improving so quickly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can teachers make sure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these open educational initiatives. Researchers want to understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this growing desire for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This sensational new book also explores the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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