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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in learning technology are enabling people all over the world to be participants in courses online. MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because learning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can students certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better perceive these interesting new open education experiments. Educators want to grasp how MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing desire for details the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also examines the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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