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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in distance learning are providing the means for students in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These online MOOCs are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with today because e-learning technology is improving so fast. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can we assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders want to understand these new open education experiments. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this increasing need for details the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This gripping new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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