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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates issues related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in learning technology are empowering learners all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online education organizations have to struggle with today because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can we assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Netherlands Antilles to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desideratum for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational issues. This book also articulates the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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