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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in digital education technology have made it possible for students in nations all aver the world to participate in online classes. Massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that distance learning organizations have to consider now that online learning technology is improving so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can educators assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Universities want to grasp how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing desideratum for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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