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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in electronic education technology are enabling students all around the world to take part in classes online. These massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning institutions are having to attend to today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can students certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing need to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants would like to better comprehend these compelling new open educational experiments. Educators want to perceive how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding desire for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also examines the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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