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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in elearning technology enable people all around the world to participate in courses online. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers certify that the quality control for these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like United Kingdom to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage problems like low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these promising new open educational endeavours. Professors want to comprehend how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this expanding desire for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This book also describes the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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