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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in learning technology enable humans all over the world to participate in online courses. These online MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to deal with today because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers certify that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can learners ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Namibia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders want to understand these compelling new open education experiments. Everybody wants to understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this demand for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also describes the key 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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