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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in online education make it possible for humans all over the world to take part in courses online. These MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is respectable? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Heard Island and McDonald Islands to conduct these MOOC courses? How can institutions manage issues like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Scholars want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing need for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also articulates the most important 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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