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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in distance learning technology are enabling humans in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to now that distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a developing need to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing desideratum for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This amazing new book also studies the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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