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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in distance learning are providing the means for humans all around the world to take part in online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOCs are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that learning technology organizations are having to consider more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Japan to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open education experiments. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing demand for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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