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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in digital education technology are making it possible for students all around the world to take online classes. MOOC classes are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like British Antarctic Territory to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open education ventures. Instructors want to perceive how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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