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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New gains in online education are empowering learners in nations all around the world to take online classes. Massive open online courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the training provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like Wesleyan University to conduct these massive open online courses? How can teachers handle issues like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open education ventures. Academics want to perceive how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desideratum for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This dramatic new book also investigates the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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