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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern improvements in distance learning technology are empowering people all over the world to be participants in online courses. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education institutions are struggling with today because online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a need to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding demand for details the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational issues. This sensational new book also reviews the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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