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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in distance learning technology are enabling learners all around the world to take courses online. 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. These MOOC classes are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning institutions are considering more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can we be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Palau to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open education ventures. Everybody wants to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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