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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in distance learning technology are making it possible for people in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that e-learning technology institutions must deal with now that distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations certify that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like American College of Education to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Corporations want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desire for knowledge the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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