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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in e-learning enable people all around the world to participate in courses online. These online MOOCs are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology institutions are considering more than ever because learning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Mexico to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open educational initiatives. Universities want to comprehend how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this need for knowledge the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This thrilling new book also examines the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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