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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent changes in digital education technology are providing the means for students all around the world to participate in online courses. MOOC classes are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology organizations have to consider now that elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Scientists want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this desire for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also addresses the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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