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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in distance learning technology are making it possible for people all over the world to take part in online classes. These massively open online courses are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Denmark to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can we get a handle on inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Students want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing desire for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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