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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new developments in distance learning have empowered students all around the world to be participants in classes online. These massive online courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that e-learning technology institutions are considering today because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants make sure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle problems like low learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants desire to better understand these exciting new open education undertakings. Universities want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This book also studies the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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