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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in online learning are empowering people in nations all around the world to take online courses. Massively open online courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions are dealing with now that learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we certify that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of these exciting new open educational experiments. Academics want to know how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this growing desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This amazing new book also examines the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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