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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in distance learning enable people all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning technology organizations are dealing with now that distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with low motivation and high learner attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Professors want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desideratum for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This dramatic new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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