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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in distance learning are enabling people all around the world to take part in online courses. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning institutions are having to deal with today because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can we certify that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like MOOEC to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these important new open education undertakings. Everybody wants to grasp how these MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this growing need for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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