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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in online education technology are making it possible for humans all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning institutions have to deal with now that elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Navassa Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Public servants and lots of other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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