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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in distance learning technology are empowering students all around the world to take part in classes online. MOOCs are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology organizations are having to consider today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a need to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand these new open education experiments. Trainers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing desideratum for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This sensational new book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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