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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers subjects related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in online education are empowering humans in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning organizations are considering more than ever because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is tolerable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage problems like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education endeavours. Intellectuals want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive need for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also discusses the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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