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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in digital education technology are making it possible for learners in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that distance learning organizations have to struggle with now that online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle issues like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to perceive how these MOOCs can be made better. To meet this desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This intriguing new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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