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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in electronic educational technology have provided the means for people in nations all aver the world to take classes online. These MOOC classes are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning organizations must deal with now that learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can organizations make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Harvard University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle problems like inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants desire to better understand these promising new open educational endeavours. Intellectuals want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing demand for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also describes the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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