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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in digital education technology are providing the means for students in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can institutions make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Jersey to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Teachers want to better understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this developing demand for facts the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This sensational new book also deals with the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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