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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in online education technology are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to participate in classes online. These MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning organizations are dealing with now that distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the education provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Liberia to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this desire for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also explores the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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