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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New evolvements in learning technology are enabling learners all over the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning organizations have to struggle with now that online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Andorra to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage issues like inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a expanding desideratum to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants want to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Scholars want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this growing desideratum for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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