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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in online learning technology are making it possible for people all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning institutions are having to attend to today because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage issues like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a desire to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other participants would like to better understand these promising new open educational endeavours. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also studies the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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