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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in digital education technology are enabling people all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations certify that the education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these significant new open education endeavours. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be improved. In response to this crescive demand for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also reviews 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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