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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new gains in digital education technology have enabled students in every nation on earth to take classes online. These MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online education organizations are dealing with today because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can organizations certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Wellesley College to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage issues like low student motivation and high attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these new open education endeavours. Trainers want to better understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also describes the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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