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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in digital education technology are empowering people in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses online. Massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning technology institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of these MOOCs is all right? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Google+ to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Corporations want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this expanding demand for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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