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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in distance learning technology are enabling people in nations all aver the world to take online courses. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning organizations are struggling with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Belgium to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage low motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these significant new open education experiments. Educators want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also describes the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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