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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in online learning have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that learning technology organizations have to consider now that e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators guarantee that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing need to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive these intriguing new open educational experiments. Professors want to understand how MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this increasing desire for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also addresses the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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