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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New changes in technology-enhanced learning are enabling people all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Stanford Online to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle problems like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Researchers want to understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing demand for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This new book also describes the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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