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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in e-learning technology enable humans all around the world to participate in online courses. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning organizations have to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by organizations like Ross Dependency to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Corporations and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these compelling new open education ventures. Everyone wants to grasp how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also considers the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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