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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in distance learning technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. Massively open online courses are free for learners 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 many topics that learning technology institutions are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like Bermuda to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Professors want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desideratum for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This book also studies the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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