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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in digital education technology make it possible for humans all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that distance learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we make sure that the quality control for these MOOCs is good? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants want to be more aware of these new open education endeavours. Trainers want to better understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To meet this growing demand for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also describes the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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