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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in online education have enabled people all around the world to take part in classes online. These online MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning organizations have to struggle with now that online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Tristan da Cunha to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle issues like low motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants need to understand the outcomes of these new open educational ventures. Academics want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing demand for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also analyzes the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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