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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes issues having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in digital education technology have provided the means for people all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that learning technology organizations are having to attend to now that learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we certify that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can institutions certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a need to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to know how MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this growing need for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This inspiring new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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