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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New gains in distance learning technology have made it possible for people in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. These massive open courses are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business strategies are being used by organizations like LinkedIn to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a desideratum to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants need to better perceive these important new open education experiments. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this desideratum for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also addresses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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