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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in distance learning technology have empowered people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that e-learning technology institutions are struggling with today because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a necessity to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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