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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in learning technology are enabling students in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning institutions are considering now that elearning technology is improving so fast. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can educators ensure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage problems like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these important new open educational undertakings. Universities want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing desire for information the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also studies the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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