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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in electronic educational technology have provided the means for people in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education organizations are having to consider now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive these interesting new open education experiments. Academics want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing need for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also reviews the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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