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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new advancements in online education technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that distance learning organizations are having to attend to now that online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can we certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with low motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Academics want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this growing desideratum for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also discusses the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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