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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which analyzes topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest developments in online learning technology enable learners all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology institutions are struggling with now that elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Uruguay to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be improved. To meet this crescive desideratum for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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