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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in online education have enabled people in every nation on earth to take part in online classes. These massive open courses are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning institutions have to struggle with today because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of low motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders want to understand these fascinating new open educational endeavours. People want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing desideratum for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource topics. This dramatic new book also describes the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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