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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in elearning technology have provided the means for students all over the world to be participants in online classes. MOOCs are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology organizations are having to deal with today because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can learners ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Antigua and Barbuda to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Instructors want to grasp how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing desire for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also studies the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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