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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in distance learning technology have enabled humans all over the world to take online classes. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers certify that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a growing desideratum to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Teachers want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing need for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This dramatic new book also describes the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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