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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in digital education technology are empowering people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that distance learning organizations are considering now that online education technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle low student motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Professors want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing desire for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also reviews the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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