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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in distance learning technology are providing the means for humans in nations all around the world to take part in online classes. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education organizations have to struggle with today because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like State University of New York to conduct these MOOC courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage issues like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding demand for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also analyzes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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