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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that analyzes issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in learning technology enable people in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online education organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like Tuvalu to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators get a handle on low motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational ventures. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this growing desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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