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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in distance learning technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online education organizations are having to deal with now that elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage problems like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and many other participants want to understand these open educational initiatives. Public servants want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desire for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This amazing new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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