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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews issues related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advances in distance learning are making it possible for people in all parts of the world to take courses online. MOOC classes are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning technology organizations have to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations certify that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is passable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can stakeholders certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desideratum to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand these important new open educational endeavours. Students want to know how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing desideratum for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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