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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which addresses issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in technology-enhanced learning enable people in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning institutions have to consider more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Stanford Online to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of poor motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Educators want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive demand for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This gripping new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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