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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in online education technology are empowering students in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning institutions are having to deal with more than ever because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? How can educators manage issues like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing need for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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