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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in distance learning technology have empowered humans all around the world to take part in online courses. Massively open online courses are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that e-learning technology institutions are having to struggle with today because learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Corporations and many other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these significant new open educational undertakings. Scholars want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing demand for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational topics. This dramatic new book also describes the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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