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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in electronic education technology have empowered humans in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. Massive open online courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning institutions are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders certify that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Reddit to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants need to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Students want to comprehend how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this expanding demand for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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