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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in online learning technology enable learners in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. Massive open online courses are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning institutions must deal with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can participants ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Vietnam to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like low learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing need to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Lecturers and numerous other participants would like to better perceive these interesting new open education endeavours. Students want to know how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive demand for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also examines the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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