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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in electronic educational technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that distance learning organizations have to consider now that online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Isle of Man to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these promising new open education undertakings. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding desire for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This amazing new book also explores the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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