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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advancements in e-learning are providing the means for learners all over the world to take courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning institutions are having to deal with now that learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of low motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a developing desire to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these open education experiments. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be improved. In response to this crescive desire for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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