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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new improvements in online learning technology are providing the means for students in every nation on earth to take part in classes online. These online MOOCs are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning institutions have to deal with today because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can participants be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on low motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Universities want to know how massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing desideratum for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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