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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in digital education technology have provided the means for humans in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. These massive open online courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning organizations must deal with today because learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Wellesley College to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Lecturers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this desideratum for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This gripping new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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