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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in elearning technology enable students all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning organizations are dealing with now that elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations make sure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle problems like inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a demand to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants desire to understand these open education experiments. Scholars want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding need for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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