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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in elearning are providing the means for students in all parts of the world to take online classes. These massive open online courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning organizations are dealing with today because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions certify that the education provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Wallis and Futuna to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a developing necessity to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Corporations want to understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this growing desire for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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