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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which talks about issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in e-learning technology are empowering learners all around the world to be participants in classes online. These massive online courses are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning organizations must deal with more than ever because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Japan to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants want to understand these interesting new open education experiments. Researchers want to grasp how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for data the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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