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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in elearning technology are empowering people all around the world to take part in online courses. These massive open courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with today because learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of these MOOC courses is respectable? How can learners make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like Georgetown University to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Students want to know how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding demand for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This gripping new book also reviews the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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