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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in elearning are providing the means for people all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning institutions are struggling with more than ever because online education technology is improving so fast. How can participants assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these fascinating new open educational experiments. Teachers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive need for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This dramatic new book also considers the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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