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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent developments in online learning have enabled people all around the world to be participants in online courses. These online MOOC courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants make sure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Georgia to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage problems like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand these interesting new open education endeavours. Scholars want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing need for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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