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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews subjects pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent developments in online learning technology enable people all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massively open online courses are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning technology institutions are dealing with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants guarantee that the education provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can learners ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these promising new open education experiments. Universities want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational topics. This thrilling new book also researches the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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