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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in digital education technology are empowering learners all around the world to participate in courses online. These massive open courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology organizations have to struggle with now that distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Corporations want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding desideratum for details the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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