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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new gains in online education are enabling people in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology institutions are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators make sure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Norway to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants would like to understand these significant new open education endeavours. Educators want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing need for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This amazing new book also examines the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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