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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest developments in online learning are enabling people all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning organizations must deal with now that learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we be assured that the education provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a desire to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of these promising new open educational undertakings. Teachers want to know how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing desideratum for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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