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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern changes in distance learning have enabled learners in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. These MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning institutions are having to attend to today because online education technology is improving so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can we make sure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like State University of New York to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Educators want to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing demand for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also reviews the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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