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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses topics regarding open education resources and massively open online courses. New gains in online learning technology are enabling people all over the world to take part in online courses. MOOC classes are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning organizations are dealing with today because learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Tumblr to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we handle issues like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a desire to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open educational undertakings. Academics want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this developing need for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also describes the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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