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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in distance learning technology have empowered students all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning institutions have to consider more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can learners make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Ecuador to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants desire to better perceive these important new open educational experiments. Teachers want to grasp how MOOCs can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To meet this desideratum for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also deals with the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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