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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which addresses topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in distance learning technology are providing the means for learners in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. MOOC classes are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online education institutions have to struggle with today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like One Month to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Researchers want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing need for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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