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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent advancements in distance learning technology are providing the means for people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few topics that learning technology institutions are having to attend to today because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open education endeavours. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be made better. In response to this expanding demand for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education issues. This interesting new book also researches the major controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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