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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in online learning technology have provided the means for students in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. These online MOOC courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning organizations have to struggle with today because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is passable? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Jordan to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these fascinating new open education ventures. Corporations want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this demand for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education topics. This interesting new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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