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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes topics relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in electronic education technology are empowering learners in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massive open online courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are several issues that distance learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can learners make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to comprehend how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desideratum for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also examines the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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