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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues regarding open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent changes in electronic educational technology have made it possible for people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning organizations are having to attend to today because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Denmark to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As digital learning becomes more available there is a developing desire to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive desire for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This gripping new book also discusses the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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