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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern advancements in digital education technology have enabled students all over the world to be participants in online classes. Massive open online courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning institutions are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Michigan State University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand these new open education experiments. Students want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this expanding demand for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource topics. This exciting new book also studies the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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