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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in e-learning technology have empowered students all around the world to participate in online courses. These massive online courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions have to consider more than ever because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage problems like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a developing demand to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these important new open educational endeavours. Universities want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing demand for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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