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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in online education technology are providing the means for learners all around the world to take courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online education institutions are struggling with now that elearning technology is improving so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can we assure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? How can participants handle problems like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a expanding desideratum to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants would like to better perceive these interesting new open educational experiments. Academics want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing desideratum for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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