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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. The latest developments in learning technology enable learners in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning institutions have to consider today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can organizations certify that the quality control for these massive open online courses is respectable? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like French Polynesia to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle issues like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants desire to be more aware of these important new open education experiments. Everybody wants to better understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this developing desire for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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