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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses subjects related to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent gains in online learning technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education organizations are struggling with more than ever because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Instructors want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing demand for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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