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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in digital education technology have provided the means for people all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of these MOOCs is decent? How can participants certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Students want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing desideratum for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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