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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in e-learning technology are enabling learners all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning technology institutions are having to consider now that learning technology is developing so quickly. How can we guarantee that the education provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can students certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Everybody wants to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this desire for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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