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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in distance learning have empowered people in nations all aver the world to take part in classes online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These online MOOCs are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that distance learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can learners make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Mayotte to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants desire to better comprehend these important new open educational experiments. Universities want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also explores the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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