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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in distance learning technology enable people all around the world to participate in classes online. Massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning institutions are considering today because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can students certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like United Kingdom to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like low motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders desire to better understand these interesting new open educational experiments. Public servants want to grasp how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing desire for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also discusses the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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