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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern developments in distance learning technology have made it possible for people all over the world to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology organizations are having to consider more than ever because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants certify that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like LinkedIn to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with low motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive demand for information the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This gripping new book also considers the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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