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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in digital education technology have made it possible for students in all parts of the world to take part in courses 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. MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that learning technology organizations are struggling with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Gibraltar to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders want to better grasp these intriguing new open education undertakings. Universities want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this growing need for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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