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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in learning technology enable people in all parts of the world to take courses online. Massive open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that distance learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like British Antarctic Territory to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle issues like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Corporations want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this need for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also examines the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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