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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which articulates topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in online education enable people all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online education institutions are having to consider more than ever because online education technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like University of Washington to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open education experiments. Universities want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this desideratum 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 topics. This new book also deals with the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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