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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in online education technology are providing the means for students all over the world to participate in classes online. Massively open online courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that distance learning institutions have to struggle with today because learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the education provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like University of Virginia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a increasing desideratum to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants want to better perceive these open educational experiments. Lecturers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive demand for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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