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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in elearning have empowered people in nations all around the world to participate in classes online. These massive open online courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that distance learning organizations are considering today because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants make sure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like FutureLearn to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage problems like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Students want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive need for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational topics. This dramatic new book also describes the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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