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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern developments in digital education technology are empowering people in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning technology institutions have to deal with more than ever because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators certify that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Reddit to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more available there is a desideratum to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Trainers want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this desire for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also reviews the controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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