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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies subjects regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New developments in elearning have empowered learners all around the world to participate in courses online. These online MOOCs are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Berklee College of Music to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these new open educational undertakings. Academics want to gain more knowledge about 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 massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This inspiring new book also addresses the controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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