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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in online education technology are enabling people all around the world to take part in classes online. These MOOC courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning institutions are having to struggle with now that distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Kingman Reef to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage issues like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a developing desideratum to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand these fascinating new open educational undertakings. Researchers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing desideratum for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also explores the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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