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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in distance learning technology are providing the means for learners in all parts of the world to take classes online. These massive open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning technology organizations have to struggle with today because blended learning technology is advancing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can institutions make sure that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by organizations like Rwaq to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations get a handle on poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Professors want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desire for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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