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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in online education technology enable students all over the world to be participants in classes online. These massively open online courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology organizations are considering today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants make sure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Eliademy to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle low motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Trainers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing demand for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also describes the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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