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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes topics having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses. New gains in digital education technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. These massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education organizations are considering today because learning technology is developing so quickly. How can we ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can students certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like United Kingdom to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a growing necessity to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Teachers want to understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this crescive need for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This sensational new book also talks about the controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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