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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers topics related to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New advancements in digital education technology are empowering students in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online education organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Italy to conduct these massively open online courses? How can participants deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of these promising new open educational experiments. Students want to understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing need for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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