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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in distance learning technology enable people all around the world to participate in online courses. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education organizations must deal with now that learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers make sure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Universities want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this expanding need for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This thrilling new book also reviews the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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