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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in distance learning have empowered humans in nations all aver the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning organizations are having to deal with today because distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Jersey to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open educational initiatives. Teachers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this demand for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also analyzes the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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