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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in digital education technology enable humans all over the world to be participants in online classes. Massive open online courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education organizations have to deal with more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of these MOOCs is good? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants need to better comprehend these compelling new open education experiments. Everyone wants to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing desideratum for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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