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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in digital education technology have empowered people all around the world to participate in courses online. These massive online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology organizations are having to attend to today because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the training provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open education ventures. Students want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this need for knowledge the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This book also addresses the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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