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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in electronic education technology make it possible for students in every nation on earth to take classes online. These MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning institutions have to struggle with today because learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Navassa Island to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants desire to better grasp these exciting new open education experiments. Students want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this developing desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also addresses the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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