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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in online education have enabled people all around the world to be participants in online classes. These massive open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a lot of topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are dealing with now that distance learning technology is advancing so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can we be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these MOOCs? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational initiatives. Academics want to know how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this expanding demand for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This sensational new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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