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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in digital education technology have empowered people in nations all around the world to take online classes. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning organizations are having to attend to now that online learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions certify that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational endeavours. Teachers want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing demand for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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