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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in digital education technology are making it possible for learners in all parts of the world to participate in classes online. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that distance learning institutions are having to deal with now that learning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Saint Kitts and Nevis to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these exciting new open educational undertakings. Academics want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing desire for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational issues. This dramatic new book also considers the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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