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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in online education enable students all over the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These MOOCs are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can institutions ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can learners make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Hungary to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants need to understand these open education experiments. Professors want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive desire for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also examines the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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