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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in digital education technology have empowered students all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that distance learning institutions are having to deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can students make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these promising new open education experiments. Universities want to know how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing desire for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also deals with the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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