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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in e-learning have empowered students in all parts of the world to take courses online. MOOC classes are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can we certify that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can institutions make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants desire to understand these new open education undertakings. Universities want to better understand how MOOCs can be improved. In response to this developing desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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