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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores topics regarding open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern changes in online education technology have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive open online courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning technology institutions have to consider today because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can we be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Heard Island and McDonald Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage issues like low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Universities want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing need for facts the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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