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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in online education technology are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to take classes online. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning organizations are dealing with now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp these exciting new open educational experiments. Researchers want to better understand how massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this developing desideratum for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This inspiring new book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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