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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in distance learning make it possible for students in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. These MOOCs are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning organizations must deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Chad to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Instructors want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive demand for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This amazing new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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