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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses. The latest improvements in distance learning are empowering people all over the world to take part in classes online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These online MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning organizations have to consider today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can we ensure that the quality of these MOOC courses is adequate? How can we certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like United Kingdom to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more available there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders would like to understand these fascinating new open educational experiments. People want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing demand for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This new book also studies the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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