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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in electronic educational technology are enabling people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants certify that the training provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can institutions certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Davidson College to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we handle poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational initiatives. Professors want to know how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this crescive desideratum for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This book also analyzes the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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