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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes subjects relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in technology-enhanced learning are enabling humans all over the world to take part in courses online. Massively open online courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning institutions are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants be assured that the quality control for these MOOCs is good? How can learners assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like Estonia to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand these intriguing new open education experiments. Professors want to understand how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desire for details the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This gripping new book also explores the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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