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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in electronic education technology have provided the means for humans in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These online MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning organizations are having to attend to today because online education technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of these massive open online courses is adequate? How can learners make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders want to be more aware of these promising new open educational undertakings. Public servants want to better understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this increasing demand for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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