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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in e-learning have enabled humans in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that distance learning organizations are having to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the training provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle poor motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants desire to understand these open education undertakings. Academics want to know how MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this expanding desideratum for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This gripping new book also explores the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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