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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in distance learning technology are enabling people all over the world to take part in courses online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOC classes are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning technology institutions are having to struggle with now that e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we certify that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle problems like inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a developing necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Public servants want to understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this developing desire for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This amazing new book also examines the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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