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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in distance learning are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning technology organizations must deal with today because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage problems like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desideratum to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these open educational initiatives. Universities want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing need for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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