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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that talks about topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in online learning technology have empowered people in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of subjects that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can participants guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is good? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp these exciting new open education experiments. Trainers want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive demand for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This inspiring new book also explores the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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