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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in online education have empowered learners in nations all aver the world to be participants in online courses. These massive online courses are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning organizations are having to attend to now that online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants need to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open education endeavours. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also researches the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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