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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in online learning technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education institutions must deal with more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality control for these MOOC classes is decent? How can learners certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these significant new open education initiatives. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this increasing demand for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This intriguing new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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