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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in distance learning technology have provided the means for students all over the world to be participants in courses online. MOOC classes are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology organizations have to deal with today because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can organizations ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can stakeholders make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage problems like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to better understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding need for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also researches the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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