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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest developments in digital education technology are providing the means for learners all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that learning technology organizations are having to deal with today because distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle problems like low motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a necessity to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants want to better perceive these compelling new open education experiments. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding need for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also studies the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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