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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new developments in distance learning technology are empowering humans in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes online. These massive online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several subjects that online learning organizations must deal with today because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants be assured that the quality of these MOOC courses is good? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Uruguay to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle issues like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these important new open education ventures. Intellectuals want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also describes the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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