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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates topics regarding open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern gains in online education have enabled learners all around the world to participate in online courses. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology institutions must deal with today because distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can participants make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Tonga to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Academics want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this expanding desideratum for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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