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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New gains in distance learning technology have enabled students in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology institutions are struggling with now that online learning technology is improving so fast. How can we guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like North Seattle Community College to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational endeavours. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing need for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This sensational new book also researches the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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