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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in online education are providing the means for students in nations all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions are having to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants need to be more aware of these exciting new open education experiments. Universities want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this desideratum for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This book also describes the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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