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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which articulates subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in digital education technology are making it possible for learners all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology institutions must deal with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can students make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like British Antarctic Territory to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Researchers want to grasp how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this developing desire for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also reviews the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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