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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. New improvements in distance learning are enabling people in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. 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 MOOCs are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning technology organizations are struggling with today because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions certify that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by institutions like Mexico to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and many other participants want to understand these new open education endeavours. Teachers want to know how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this need for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also investigates the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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