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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent developments in online learning technology are empowering people in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Clipperton Island to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage low motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing desideratum for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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