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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New gains in distance learning technology have empowered people all over the world to take courses online. MOOC courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning technology organizations are having to consider more than ever because elearning technology is improving so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can institutions assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Michigan State University to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor motivation and high attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these intriguing new open education endeavours. Academics want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this expanding need for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational issues. This gripping new book also studies the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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