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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in distance learning technology have empowered humans all over the world to participate in online classes. MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology organizations have to struggle with today because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can we certify that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a desire to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Professors want to understand how MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this growing demand for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This book also studies the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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