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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in online education are enabling people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning institutions are struggling with today because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can stakeholders make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Ecuador to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with low motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a increasing need to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational ventures. Instructors want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To meet this increasing desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This exciting new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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