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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in learning technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online education institutions must deal with today because learning technology is improving so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Johnston Atoll to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a expanding desire to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants would like to be more aware of these exciting new open education initiatives. Intellectuals want to know how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing need for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This new book also examines the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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