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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes topics regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New improvements in e-learning are enabling students all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that e-learning institutions are considering today because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators be assured that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders need to better grasp these important new open education experiments. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this developing need for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also describes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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