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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in distance learning technology enable people all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning institutions are struggling with today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open educational undertakings. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this demand for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also investigates the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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