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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which deals with issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent advances in online learning technology have made it possible for people all over the world to take part in online classes. MOOC courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning institutions are having to consider now that distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Scholars want to comprehend how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this desire for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also articulates the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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