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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in e-learning technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. 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. MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning organizations are struggling with more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Switzerland to conduct these MOOC classes? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a growing desire to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants desire to better comprehend these important new open educational undertakings. Corporations want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing need for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also describes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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