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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in learning technology have empowered learners all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology organizations are struggling with more than ever because learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can learners make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Cuba to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Everybody wants to grasp how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This sensational new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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