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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in distance learning technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning technology organizations have to consider today because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators manage problems like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants want to better grasp these interesting new open educational initiatives. Scholars want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding demand for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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