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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers subjects regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in online learning technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions are having to attend to today because online education technology is developing so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can we certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants want to understand these promising new open education endeavours. Universities want to grasp how MOOCs can be improved. In response to this developing desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also deals with the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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