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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in distance learning technology have enabled people all around the world to take classes online. These online MOOC courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology organizations are struggling with more than ever because learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Cornell University to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants desire to better perceive these important new open educational ventures. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this developing need for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also studies the 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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