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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in distance learning enable students in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of issues that online education organizations are having to struggle with now that online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations ensure that the quality control for these MOOCs is good? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Eritrea to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle problems like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a growing desideratum to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders would like to understand these open educational experiments. Instructors want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this need for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This inspiring new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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