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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in distance learning technology are providing the means for people in nations all aver the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that e-learning institutions are having to attend to today because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can teachers be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can institutions certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants manage problems like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders want to better comprehend these significant new open education experiments. Professors want to better understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this need for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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