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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies issues related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in online learning make it possible for people in all parts of the world to take online courses. These massive online courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that distance learning institutions are considering more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers be assured that the education provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Clipperton Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of low motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a desideratum to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open education ventures. Intellectuals want to know how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desideratum for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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