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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about topics related to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern gains in e-learning technology are providing the means for students all over the world to participate in courses online. These MOOCs are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology institutions must deal with today because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions certify that the education provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Educators want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing desire for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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