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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advances in online learning technology have enabled humans all around the world to take online courses. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that e-learning organizations have to consider today because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations certify that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of low motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants want to better understand these promising new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this need for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This book also explores the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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