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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in digital education technology are enabling students in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. These MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that elearning organizations are struggling with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a need to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desire for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also investigates the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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