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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in digital education technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOC classes are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning institutions are struggling with more than ever because online education technology is developing so fast. How can organizations assure that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like The Bahamas to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants need to better perceive these important new open educational endeavours. Universities want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing demand for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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