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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in online learning are empowering students in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that learning technology institutions are struggling with today because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by institutions like Liberia to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these intriguing new open education experiments. Public servants want to know how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this demand for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also examines the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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