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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New improvements in online education make it possible for learners in nations all around the world to take part in courses online. Massively open online courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with today because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the education provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can learners certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with low student motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing need to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders want to understand these compelling new open education experiments. Lecturers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding demand for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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