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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with topics related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in digital education technology are enabling humans in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology organizations are considering today because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the education provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of low motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open education endeavours. Teachers want to grasp how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desire for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This gripping new book also researches the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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