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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in distance learning technology have made it possible for learners in nations all aver the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that e-learning technology institutions are dealing with now that online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open education experiments. People want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this demand for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This sensational new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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