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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which articulates issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in online education make it possible for people in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. These massive open courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that learning technology organizations are having to attend to today because distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Samoa to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desideratum for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also discusses the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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