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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in distance learning are enabling people all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning technology organizations have to deal with today because distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Bolivia to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage issues like low student motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a need to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open education ventures. Lecturers want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this desideratum for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This book also examines the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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