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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes subjects pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in digital education technology enable people in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning institutions are dealing with today because distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Aruba to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of low motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive these intriguing new open education experiments. Instructors want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding desire for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This exciting new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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