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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in online learning technology enable people in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that e-learning technology institutions have to deal with today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators certify that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a increasing desideratum to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open education experiments. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this growing desideratum for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also studies the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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