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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews subjects relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent changes in distance learning have empowered people in every nation on earth to take part in classes online. These massive online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Singapore to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing need for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This thrilling new book also describes the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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