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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores subjects related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in distance learning are making it possible for humans in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education organizations have to consider in 2015 because learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions make sure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants would like to understand these intriguing new open educational experiments. Trainers want to comprehend how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding demand for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also describes the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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