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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which articulates issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in digital education technology enable students in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. These massive open courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology organizations are struggling with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can students certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more available there is a expanding demand to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Corporations and numerous other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these compelling new open education experiments. People want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding need for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This gripping new book also investigates the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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