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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 (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in online education have provided the means for students in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. These MOOC classes are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning organizations have to deal with now that online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like United Kingdom to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a necessity to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these interesting new open educational ventures. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this desire for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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