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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in online education are providing the means for humans in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. Massive open online courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning organizations are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by organizations like Reddit to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle problems like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Public servants want to comprehend how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational topics. This intriguing new book also explores the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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