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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which addresses issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in e-learning technology are enabling humans in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with today because learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scholars and numerous other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Instructors want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive demand for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also considers the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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