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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in distance learning technology have empowered learners all over the world to take online courses. These online MOOCs are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that learning technology institutions have to consider more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle issues like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Universities and many other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these open educational undertakings. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing desire for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also examines the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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