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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in distance learning technology enable humans in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education organizations are struggling with today because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a need to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand these exciting new open educational experiments. Professors want to know how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this growing desideratum for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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