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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in distance learning make it possible for people all over the world to take online classes. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that elearning organizations have to struggle with now that elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we make sure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Scholars want to know how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this developing demand for details the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also analyzes the most important 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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