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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in online learning technology enable people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education institutions have to deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Niue to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Students want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also studies the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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