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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest advances in electronic educational technology have provided the means for students all over the world to participate in online classes. Massively open online courses are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that distance learning organizations must deal with now that elearning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Colombia to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants need to understand the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Trainers want to grasp how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This amazing new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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