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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in distance learning make it possible for learners all around the world to take classes online. These MOOC courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that e-learning institutions are having to attend to today because distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desire to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. People want to comprehend how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this increasing demand for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This gripping new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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