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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses topics having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in online learning are enabling people all around the world to participate in online classes. Massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning institutions are considering today because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Suriname to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants want to understand these intriguing new open education initiatives. Students want to know how these MOOCs can be made better. In response to this desideratum for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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