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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in distance learning technology enable people all over the world to be participants in online classes. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning technology institutions must deal with today because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like United Kingdom to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a demand to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders need to better grasp these significant new open educational experiments. Corporations want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing need for details the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This exciting new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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