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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Brand new gains in distance learning technology have made it possible for humans in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that e-learning technology institutions are struggling with now that e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can students certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a desire to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants desire to better perceive these exciting new open education experiments. Public servants want to understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive need for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also examines the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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