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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in digital education technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. These massive open online courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can we assure that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Stanford Online to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a need to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open education experiments. Trainers want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing need for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also researches the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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