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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in online education enable learners in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. MOOC courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like LinkedIn to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this developing demand for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also studies the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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