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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. New advances in online education technology are making it possible for students in every nation on earth to take online classes. MOOC classes are free for students but do not consistently 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 elearning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage problems like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Corporations want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this growing desideratum for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This thrilling new book also reviews the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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