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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New advancements in digital education technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to take online classes. Massive open online courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning organizations must deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Switzerland to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open education initiatives. Students want to understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing need for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also explores the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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