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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in electronic education technology have empowered learners in all parts of the world to take courses online. These online MOOC courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education organizations have to consider more than ever because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Cuba to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants need to better grasp these compelling new open educational endeavours. Corporations want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing desire for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education topics. This interesting new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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