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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New developments in e-learning are making it possible for people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that distance learning institutions have to consider more than ever because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like low learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these new open education experiments. People want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this need for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource topics. This dramatic new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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