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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New evolvements in online learning are enabling learners all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology organizations have to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can educators ensure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business models are being used by organizations like Antigua and Barbuda to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants want to better perceive these significant new open education experiments. Academics want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this desideratum for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also explores the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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