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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest gains in learning technology are enabling humans in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. These massive open courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning institutions are having to consider now that online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators manage issues like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a growing desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Scholars want to understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing desideratum for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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