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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New advances in distance learning technology are enabling students in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. These MOOC classes are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning organizations are considering today because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a need to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Academics want to better understand how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this crescive need for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also describes the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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