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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New advances in online learning are enabling students all over the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that e-learning technology institutions have to deal with now that online education technology is developing so fast. How can participants guarantee that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like Kauffman Fellows Academy to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these new open education endeavours. Public servants want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this developing demand for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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