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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in distance learning enable humans in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning institutions have to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like One Month to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants handle poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open educational initiatives. Corporations want to know how MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this growing need for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This book also articulates the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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