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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in digital education technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to take online classes. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning institutions are considering today because distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive these promising new open education ventures. Scholars want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This inspiring new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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