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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in digital education technology are empowering learners in all parts of the world to take classes 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. MOOC classes are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions are considering today because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can institutions make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants want to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open education undertakings. Teachers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding need for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This amazing new book also examines the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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