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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in distance learning enable learners in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning technology institutions are having to deal with now that e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the training provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like California Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these open education ventures. Intellectuals want to perceive how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding demand for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also explores the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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