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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advances in digital education technology have made it possible for people all around the world to be participants in courses online. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several subjects that online education institutions have to consider today because distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions make sure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Open2Study to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open education initiatives. Educators want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this growing desideratum for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also investigates the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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