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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest gains in online learning technology enable people in nations all around the world to participate in online classes. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business models are being used by organizations like Djibouti to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing demand for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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