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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in online education are enabling learners in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. These MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with now that learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we ensure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Miriada X to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Teachers want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive desire for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This new book also talks about the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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