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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in digital education technology are providing the means for learners in every nation on earth to take online classes. These MOOC courses are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education organizations must deal with now that distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is adequate? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Educators want to better understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this crescive demand for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education topics. This book also explores the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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