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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in digital education technology are enabling people all over the world to be participants in online courses. MOOC classes are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning organizations have to consider today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC classes is passable? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage problems like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand these significant new open education experiments. Researchers want to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding need for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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