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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in digital education technology have made it possible for learners all around the world to take online courses. These MOOC courses are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a lot of topics that online learning organizations are considering more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can stakeholders make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Google+ to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of low student motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational initiatives. Scholars want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive desire for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This thrilling new book also describes the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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