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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern changes in digital education technology have made it possible for learners all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning technology organizations are having to attend to now that learning technology is improving so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can we assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage problems like inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these new open education ventures. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this developing demand for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This book also studies the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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