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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches subjects regarding open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern gains in digital education technology have empowered learners all over the world to be participants in courses online. These massive online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning organizations are having to attend to now that distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Colorado State University-Global Campus to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing need to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open educational endeavours. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this desire for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This inspiring new book also studies the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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