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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that talks about issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in electronic educational technology have empowered people all around the world to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that elearning organizations are dealing with more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Saint Barthelemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desideratum to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Public servants and many other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education endeavours. Scientists want to understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this expanding need for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also studies the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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