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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in online learning technology make it possible for people all over the world to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning technology institutions have to consider today because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the education provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these important new open educational experiments. Trainers want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing need for information the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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