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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern developments in e-learning are enabling people in nations all around the world to participate in online classes. MOOCs are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can organizations make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Spain to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more procurable there is a developing desideratum to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive these important new open educational experiments. Scholars want to grasp how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this expanding desire for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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