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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Brand new gains in digital education technology are empowering humans in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are many issues that online learning technology organizations have to consider more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these promising new open educational endeavours. Teachers want to understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this developing desire for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also explores the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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