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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines subjects pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in distance learning technology are enabling people all over the world to be participants in classes online. These massive open courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to now that elearning technology is developing so fast. How can educators certify that the quality of these massively open online courses is passable? How can learners assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle problems like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these important new open education experiments. Students want to understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this increasing desideratum for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This book also reviews the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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