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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in online education are empowering learners in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. These MOOCs are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that distance learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers certify that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like Laos to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a developing need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Corporations want to understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing demand for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also discusses the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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