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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New gains in online education have enabled students all over the world to participate in courses online. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because online education technology is improving so quickly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can educators assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Kenya to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a demand to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to better understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing demand for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also researches the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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