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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in online learning enable people in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are quite a few subjects that online education institutions are having to deal with today because learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of these MOOCs is tolerable? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a desideratum to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive desideratum for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This sensational new book also examines the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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