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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in digital education technology are enabling learners all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology organizations are having to deal with now that online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the training provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we get a handle on low student motivation and high attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants need to be more aware of these compelling new open education experiments. Corporations want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this demand for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This book also articulates the major 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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