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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in digital education technology have empowered humans in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants make sure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can we certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants would like to better perceive these exciting new open education undertakings. Scholars want to perceive how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this need for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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