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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in distance learning are enabling humans in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are numerous topics that online learning technology organizations have to deal with today because online education technology is improving so fast. How can participants certify that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Davidson College to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage problems like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a growing desire to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding desideratum for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This sensational new book also describes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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