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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in online education technology are making it possible for learners all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning institutions have to consider now that online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants need to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Public servants want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desideratum for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also describes the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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