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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in distance learning technology are enabling students all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to today because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions make sure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can participants certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a need to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open education undertakings. Everyone wants to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desire for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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