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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in distance learning have empowered people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning organizations are having to consider now that elearning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the training provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage problems like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a developing need to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants want to better understand these open educational initiatives. Academics want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desire for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also studies the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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