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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in distance learning technology are enabling humans all over the world to take online classes. These online MOOCs are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning technology institutions have to consider today because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders make sure that the education provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like OpenupEd to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Corporations want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desire for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This new book also investigates the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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