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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in online learning make it possible for students in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology organizations are struggling with today because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the education provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Chad to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Lecturers want to perceive how MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this increasing need for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This dramatic new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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