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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New gains in digital education technology are empowering people all around the world to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that e-learning institutions have to consider now that distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like California Institute of the Arts to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this expanding desideratum for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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