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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores subjects having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in electronic education technology have enabled humans all around the world to take part in classes online. These massive open courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the quality control for these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Great Basin College to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage issues like poor motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a growing need to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants desire to better grasp these intriguing new open educational experiments. Researchers want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive demand for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This thrilling new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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