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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in digital education technology have enabled students in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that distance learning institutions are having to deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Marshall Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more procurable there is a developing need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Teachers want to understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing need for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also articulates the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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