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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which investigates topics related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in e-learning technology are enabling people all around the world to be participants in online classes. These online MOOCs are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online education institutions are having to consider today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage issues like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants want to understand these new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing desire for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This amazing new book also analyzes the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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