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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in e-learning technology have enabled students in nations all aver the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology organizations are struggling with now that e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions assure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Japan to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a demand to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Professors want to better understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this desire for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also explores the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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