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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern improvements in elearning are providing the means for people in nations all aver the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning organizations have to struggle with today because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like LinkedIn to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be improved. To meet this growing desire for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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