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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in distance learning have enabled students in every nation on earth to take part in online classes. Massively open online courses are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education institutions must deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders want to better grasp these important new open educational ventures. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this demand for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also examines the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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