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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent developments in distance learning are enabling students in every nation on earth to be participants in classes 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. Massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning organizations are struggling with today because learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of these MOOC classes is good? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with poor motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Universities and many other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open education initiatives. Scholars want to perceive how MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this increasing desire for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also deals with the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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