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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in digital education technology are enabling humans all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Kingman Reef to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage issues like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open education endeavours. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing desire for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also considers the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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