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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that analyzes subjects regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in digital education technology are empowering students in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. These massive online courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning institutions have to consider now that e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a necessity to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these open education experiments. Public servants want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this need for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This exciting new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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