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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in online education technology are enabling learners all over the world to take online courses. These MOOC classes are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education institutions have to consider more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Niger to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage issues like low motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more procurable there is a growing necessity to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about these important new open educational endeavours. Lecturers want to better understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this growing desire for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also studies the 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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