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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in distance learning are providing the means for learners in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology institutions are considering now that learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open educational initiatives. Everybody wants to know how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive need for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also researches the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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