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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New developments in distance learning have provided the means for learners in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. MOOC courses are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are many issues that elearning technology institutions are having to attend to now that online education technology is improving so fast. How can institutions make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like California Institute of the Arts to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education ventures. Universities want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing desire for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This inspiring new book also describes the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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