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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in digital education technology have empowered students in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online education institutions are dealing with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like San Diego County Office of Education to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a need to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders desire to better grasp these significant new open education endeavours. Teachers want to perceive how MOOCs can be improved. In response to this demand for knowledge the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also reviews the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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