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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in distance learning technology enable students in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education institutions are considering more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants assure that the quality control for these MOOCs is decent? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these exciting new open educational ventures. Universities want to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive need for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This exciting new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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