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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses. The latest gains in distance learning have empowered students in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. These massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education institutions have to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage problems like inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. People want to know how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this need for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational subjects. This amazing new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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