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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest evolvements in digital education technology enable learners in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology institutions are struggling with today because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a demand to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this developing need for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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