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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in digital education technology have provided the means for learners in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning institutions are having to attend to today because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants want to understand these intriguing new open educational experiments. People want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this crescive desire for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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