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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in distance learning technology enable people all around the world to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online education organizations are having to consider now that online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Harvard University to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational ventures. Educators want to understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this need for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This thrilling new book also studies the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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