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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent developments in distance learning have provided the means for humans in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning organizations have to consider more than ever because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can institutions certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like Finland to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a growing desire to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders need to better comprehend these new open educational endeavours. Lecturers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desideratum for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also considers the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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