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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which addresses subjects having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. New gains in digital education technology are empowering humans in all parts of the world to take classes online. These massive open online courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of issues that online education institutions are having to attend to now that online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Laos to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more available there is a developing demand to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Professors want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education topics. This book also describes the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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