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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in online education have provided the means for students all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that distance learning institutions are having to consider today because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Tristan da Cunha to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage low student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open education endeavours. Students want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this demand for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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