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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent developments in distance learning technology have provided the means for humans all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants would like to better understand these fascinating new open education experiments. Teachers want to understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To meet this developing demand for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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