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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New improvements in e-learning are making it possible for people in nations all aver the world to take part in classes online. MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with now that learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants need to better comprehend these important new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to comprehend how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this desire for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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