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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new evolvements in distance learning are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to take part in online classes. MOOC classes are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning organizations are having to struggle with now that distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants guarantee that the quality of these MOOC classes is all right? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Students want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing need for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This book also considers 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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