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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in distance learning have made it possible for people in nations all around the world to be participants in classes online. MOOCs are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning organizations are having to deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can participants make sure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Niue to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a developing desideratum to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants want to better comprehend these new open educational experiments. Academics want to understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing desire for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also reviews the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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