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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest advances in distance learning are enabling people all around the world to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning organizations are struggling with more than ever because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Tumblr to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with poor student motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more procurable there is a developing desideratum to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Public servants want to know how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this expanding demand for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This inspiring new book also researches the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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