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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in distance learning are empowering people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. These MOOCs are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that elearning technology organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants certify that the quality of these MOOC courses is decent? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like France to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with low learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a need to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders want to better understand these important new open educational undertakings. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This dramatic new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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