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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in digital education technology are empowering learners in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology institutions have to consider today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can participants be assured that the quality of these MOOC courses is all right? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle problems like low student motivation and high attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open educational ventures. Students want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this growing desideratum for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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