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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses. The latest changes in elearning are providing the means for learners in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. These massive online courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions are considering today because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders certify that the training provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Public servants want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive demand for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also explores the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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