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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in distance learning technology enable students in nations all aver the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that learning technology organizations must deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the training provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage issues like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants want to understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Public servants want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desire for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This exciting new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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