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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which analyzes topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in digital education technology have provided the means for people all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology institutions have to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations certify that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Saint Pierre and Miquelon to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more available there is a growing necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Professors want to understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this developing desideratum for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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