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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern advances in online learning are making it possible for learners all around the world to take classes online. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning organizations are dealing with today because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can we make sure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Washington to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we handle low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants would like to better comprehend these fascinating new open educational ventures. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also studies the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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