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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in electronic educational technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. These MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning institutions are having to deal with today because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the quality control for these MOOCs is acceptable? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like low motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Students want to know how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this desideratum for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This dramatic new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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