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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent advancements in distance learning technology have empowered humans all around the world to take courses online. These massive online courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with today because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can organizations make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Bolivia to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more procurable there is a demand to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these interesting new open educational undertakings. Corporations want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This sensational new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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