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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest evolvements in distance learning technology have enabled learners all over the world to participate in online courses. These MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning institutions have to deal with more than ever because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators get a handle on low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants want to better perceive these important new open education experiments. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this growing demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also reviews the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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