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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. New developments in online learning are providing the means for humans all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that distance learning organizations are having to deal with today because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators get a handle on low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Instructors want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this desideratum for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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