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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in distance learning technology are enabling students all around the world to be participants in courses online. MOOC classes are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online education organizations have to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions certify that the quality control for these MOOCs is good? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Wake Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these open education undertakings. People want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this demand for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also studies the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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