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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in electronic education technology have empowered students all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology organizations have to consider today because online education technology is improving so fast. How can teachers assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by organizations like Queen Maud Land to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants desire to be more aware of these compelling new open educational endeavours. Students want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desire for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This dramatic new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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