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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses issues related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in digital education technology are enabling people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that elearning technology institutions have to struggle with today because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can institutions certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Berklee College of Music to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desideratum to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Everyone wants to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desire for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also explores the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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