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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest advances in distance learning have enabled people all around the world to take part in online classes. MOOCs are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning organizations must deal with today because learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like France to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage issues like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders desire to better understand these open education endeavours. Professors want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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