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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in distance learning technology have enabled people all over the world to participate in online courses. Massive open online courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning technology institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so quickly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can organizations make sure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can learners certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Nauru to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we get a handle on low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants would like to better perceive these open education experiments. Researchers want to comprehend how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this expanding desire for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This dramatic new book also addresses the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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