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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in distance learning technology have provided the means for learners all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. 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. MOOC classes are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several topics that e-learning technology institutions are dealing with today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of these massive open online courses is good? How can learners ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these massive open online courses? How can participants get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Corporations want to understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To meet this expanding desire for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This sensational new book also studies the major 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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