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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern advances in digital education technology make it possible for people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. 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. MOOCs are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online education organizations are dealing with today because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Northern Cyprus to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle poor motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Corporations want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this need for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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