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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which describes subjects relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in digital education technology have provided the means for humans in every nation on earth to take online classes. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. Massively open online courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology organizations are having to consider now that learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is decent? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle issues like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants want to better understand these important new open educational undertakings. People want to know how MOOCs can be improved. In response to this developing demand for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This sensational new book also deals with 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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