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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in digital education technology have empowered people all around the world to participate in online courses. These MOOC classes are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology organizations must deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Boston University to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage issues like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Public servants want to perceive how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive demand for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This thrilling new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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