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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in electronic educational technology are providing the means for students all over the world to take part in classes online. MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to deal with now that online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle problems like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a developing demand to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders need to better comprehend these new open education experiments. Universities want to grasp how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this increasing need for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also reviews the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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