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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern gains in distance learning technology enable learners all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology institutions must deal with now that distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Washington to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open education endeavours. Instructors want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this demand for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also describes the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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