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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in digital education technology have made it possible for learners all over the world to be participants in courses online. Massively open online courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators certify that the quality of these MOOC courses is satisfactory? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can learners assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business models are being used by organizations like Kiribati to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Professors want to understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this growing need for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also talks about the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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