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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in distance learning have provided the means for learners in nations all aver the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning institutions have to struggle with today because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants make sure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these open educational endeavours. Lecturers want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this developing demand for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also studies the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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