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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in digital education technology enable people in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology institutions have to deal with today because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can participants make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Finland to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage problems like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a growing need to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these new open educational experiments. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this growing demand for details the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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