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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in distance learning technology have empowered learners in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online learning organizations must deal with now that e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators make sure that the quality of these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Howland Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive these interesting new open education experiments. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this growing desire for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also examines the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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