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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses subjects regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest gains in digital education technology have provided the means for people all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning organizations have to struggle with now that online learning technology is developing so fast. How can we make sure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Stanford Online to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage issues like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this desideratum for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This intriguing new book also describes the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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