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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent advancements in online learning technology are making it possible for students in all parts of the world to take courses online. MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of issues that online education institutions are having to attend to today because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can stakeholders make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing demand for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This intriguing new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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