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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in distance learning technology are empowering people all around the world to take part in classes online. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning institutions have to struggle with now that online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators assure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is adequate? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like The University of Chicago to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these important new open educational endeavours. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive need for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This sensational new book also examines the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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