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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in online learning technology have empowered learners in every nation on earth to take part in classes online. These online MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are numerous issues that online learning technology institutions have to deal with today because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like United Kingdom to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Academics want to grasp how these MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this growing demand for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also researches the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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