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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in digital education technology are empowering students in nations all aver the world to take courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that learning technology organizations are having to consider today because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can we assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open educational ventures. Trainers want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing desire for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This new book also studies the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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