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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in digital education technology enable people all over the world to take part in online courses. MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning technology institutions are having to consider today because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the quality of these massive open online courses is good? How can students make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like United Kingdom to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage problems like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Educators want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this need for knowledge the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This new book also discusses the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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