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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern changes in online education have empowered learners all over the world to participate in online classes. These online MOOCs are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that distance learning organizations have to deal with now that distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can we assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Google+ to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants would like to better comprehend these promising new open education ventures. Universities want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this crescive desire for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also addresses the controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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