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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern advances in digital education technology have enabled learners in every nation on earth to take classes online. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education institutions are dealing with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by institutions like UWashingtonX to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants desire to better grasp these important new open education experiments. Instructors want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding need for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This gripping new book also examines the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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