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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in digital education technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to take online classes. These massive open courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning technology institutions are considering now that e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Italy to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand these interesting new open educational endeavours. Researchers want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this need for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This amazing new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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