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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in distance learning technology have made it possible for people in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to now that online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can students certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Niue to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle low student motivation and high attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Teachers want to know how MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this developing demand for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This sensational new book also studies the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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