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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new gains in online education have empowered learners all over the world to be participants in online classes. These MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so fast. How can educators certify that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can learners ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by organizations like Benin to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these open education ventures. Corporations want to grasp how MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this growing desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also explores the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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