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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in electronic education technology have empowered people all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning technology organizations are considering today because distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations certify that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can organizations certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of low motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a developing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive these compelling new open education initiatives. Professors want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this need for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This gripping new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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