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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in e-learning have provided the means for students in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several topics that online learning institutions must deal with now that distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality control for these MOOCs is decent? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of low motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational ventures. Lecturers want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing demand for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also describes the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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