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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in online education technology have enabled humans all around the world to take online courses. These MOOC courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning organizations are having to attend to now that learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Belgium to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and many other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these compelling new open educational ventures. Corporations want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this demand for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also articulates the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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