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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in elearning technology have enabled humans in nations all around the world to take online courses. These MOOC classes are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning organizations are struggling with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants certify that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Spain to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Teachers want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this growing need for data the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also talks about the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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