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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent changes in online learning have enabled students in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive open courses are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that distance learning institutions have to struggle with today because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators make sure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Twitter to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a growing need to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand these intriguing new open education experiments. Academics want to better understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this desire for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This inspiring new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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