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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in distance learning technology are empowering learners in nations all around the world to participate in online classes. MOOCs are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to deal with today because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a desideratum to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these promising new open education experiments. Professors want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive demand for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This authoritative new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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