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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in online education are making it possible for people in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. These MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning technology institutions are dealing with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage problems like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a need to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these open education experiments. Scientists want to grasp how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this demand for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This gripping new book also reviews the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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