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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in electronic educational technology are enabling learners in every nation on earth to take online courses. These MOOC courses are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning institutions are struggling with now that e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators make sure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants desire to better grasp these interesting new open education experiments. Public servants want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this demand for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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