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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in learning technology make it possible for people all over the world to take part in classes online. These MOOC classes are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions are having to deal with now that elearning technology is developing so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can we assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Brunei to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding necessity to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these important new open educational experiments. Academics want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this demand for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also describes the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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