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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in online learning have made it possible for students all over the world to be participants in classes online. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning organizations are dealing with today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can participants be assured that the training provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a need to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants would like to better grasp these exciting new open education initiatives. Educators want to grasp how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this developing need for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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