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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in digital education technology have enabled people all over the world to take online courses. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that learning technology organizations are having to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Germany to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education initiatives. Academics want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing desideratum for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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