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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in online education technology have empowered people in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that distance learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Tanzania to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle low learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Researchers want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive demand for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also describes the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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