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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches subjects relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in digital education technology enable students in all parts of the world to take online courses. 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. MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that learning technology institutions are having to attend to more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with poor motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these open educational endeavours. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing need for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This inspiring new book also studies the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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