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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in online learning have made it possible for students in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that elearning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Harvard University to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants desire to better understand these new open educational undertakings. Intellectuals want to understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desire for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also studies the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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