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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in online education technology enable humans in nations all aver the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOCs are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education institutions are having to deal with more than ever because learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators assure that the training provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Miriada X to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle issues like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a developing desideratum to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Corporations want to understand how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This book also reviews the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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