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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in digital education technology have empowered learners in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive open courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can educators assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Norfolk Island to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Universities want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding need for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also studies the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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