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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern advancements in distance learning are making it possible for students in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desideratum for details the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also explores the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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