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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in digital education technology make it possible for people in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that learning technology organizations are dealing with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we be assured that the quality of these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Reddit to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding need to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these promising new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be improved. To meet this desideratum for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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