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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in distance learning enable people all around the world to be participants in classes online. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online education organizations have to consider more than ever because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can we certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with low learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants need to gain more knowledge about these promising new open education ventures. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive need for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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