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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent advances in digital education technology have enabled people all around the world to participate in courses online. MOOC courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology organizations are considering now that learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we make sure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can institutions certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of low motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive these compelling new open education undertakings. Professors want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing desideratum for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This exciting new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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