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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which describes topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in digital education technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that elearning technology institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the training provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants would like to better grasp these new open education endeavours. Students want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this desideratum for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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