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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern improvements in electronic education technology have enabled students in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to deal with now that distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Northwestern University to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants need to better understand these promising new open educational ventures. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this developing desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education topics. This thrilling new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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