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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in learning technology are enabling humans all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning technology institutions are having to struggle with now that online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of these MOOCs is decent? How can students make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Monaco to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders want to better perceive these interesting new open education experiments. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing desire for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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