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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. New changes in electronic educational technology are enabling people all over the world to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning institutions must deal with now that distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Morocco to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like low motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Professors want to grasp how MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this increasing desideratum for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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