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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New gains in learning technology have enabled students in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning technology institutions have to deal with today because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these open education experiments. Educators want to better understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive desire for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This gripping new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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