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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in electronic educational technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology organizations are dealing with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions certify that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about these open education experiments. Lecturers want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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