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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new advancements in online education technology are making it possible for students all around the world to take courses online. MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology organizations are having to consider now that e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we be assured that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can students certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Isle of Man to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle issues like poor motivation and high attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding demand to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants need to better understand these interesting new open education experiments. Lecturers want to better understand how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive desideratum for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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