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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New changes in distance learning are enabling people in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. These massive open courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning organizations are having to attend to today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can educators make sure that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Antigua and Barbuda to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on poor motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open education undertakings. People want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this growing need for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education issues. This book also researches the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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