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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in digital education technology are providing the means for people all over the world to be participants in online classes. MOOCs are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning technology organizations are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators be assured that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Tuvalu to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle low student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of these important new open education ventures. Corporations want to better understand how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this growing desire for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also examines the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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