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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in online education have provided the means for people all around the world to be participants in online courses. MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online education institutions are having to consider today because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the quality of these MOOCs is satisfactory? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can learners make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle problems like low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Students want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing desire for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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