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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches topics related to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent advances in learning technology have enabled learners all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology organizations are having to deal with now that distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants assure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Tanzania to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a demand to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Scholars want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desideratum for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This inspiring new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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