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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses topics related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in elearning technology have empowered learners all over the world to take classes online. These MOOC courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning organizations are having to struggle with now that distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders certify that the training provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Students want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This gripping new book also articulates the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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