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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which researches issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in e-learning are enabling people in all parts of the world to take classes online. These MOOCs are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning organizations are dealing with more than ever because learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is passable? How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle problems like low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Universities want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this growing desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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