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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in digital education technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that learning technology organizations are having to consider now that e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we certify that the training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other participants desire to better perceive these important new open education experiments. Universities want to understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this demand for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also considers the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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