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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new gains in digital education technology make it possible for people in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. These MOOC classes are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of subjects that online learning technology institutions must deal with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can learners certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage problems like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants desire to better perceive these exciting new open educational experiments. Academics want to understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive need for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also describes the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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