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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in online learning technology enable people in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning technology institutions are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we assure that the quality of these MOOCs is tolerable? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open educational undertakings. Lecturers want to better understand how MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this crescive desire for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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