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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest improvements in learning technology enable learners all around the world to take online classes. These massive open courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology institutions have to consider now that online learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. People want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing demand for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This new book also deals with the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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