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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advances in elearning technology are empowering learners in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that distance learning institutions are having to consider more than ever because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Miriada X to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle issues like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand these fascinating new open educational experiments. Researchers want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also studies the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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