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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in learning technology have enabled people all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that distance learning organizations must deal with now that learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Eliademy to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of low motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants need to be more aware of these significant new open educational ventures. Universities want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing desire for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also studies the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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