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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new advancements in distance learning have enabled people all over the world to be participants in courses online. These massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of topics that distance learning organizations have to deal with now that elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants certify that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Central African Republic to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we handle issues like low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more procurable there is a desire to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants would like to better comprehend these compelling new open education endeavours. Professors want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this developing need for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education issues. This sensational new book also studies the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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