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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new changes in technology-enhanced learning have enabled people all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are many issues that online education institutions are having to consider today because distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of these massive open online courses is decent? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants want to better grasp these significant new open education experiments. Instructors want to understand how MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this growing demand for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This gripping new book also studies the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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