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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest advances in electronic education technology enable humans all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning organizations have to struggle with today because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can learners make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a developing demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand these promising new open educational ventures. Educators want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this desire for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education subjects. This book also analyzes the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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