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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in learning technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to participate in classes online. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education institutions have to struggle with more than ever because online education technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders make sure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Singapore to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Educators and lots of other participants desire to better perceive these intriguing new open education experiments. Educators want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing need for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This amazing new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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