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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in electronic educational technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is adequate? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Tokelau to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle poor motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a growing necessity to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive demand for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also discusses the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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