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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in distance learning technology have enabled learners in nations all aver the world to be participants in online courses. MOOC classes are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning institutions must deal with today because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is respectable? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of Kentucky to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open education experiments. Students want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing need for details the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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