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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest changes in elearning technology have enabled students all around the world to be participants in courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning organizations are dealing with today because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open education initiatives. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this demand for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This sensational new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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