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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent developments in e-learning make it possible for humans all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning technology organizations have to consider now that learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage problems like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Academics want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this desire for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This new book also investigates the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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