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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in distance learning technology are empowering students in every nation on earth to take courses online. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that e-learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can teachers ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is good? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage problems like inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing need for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This exciting new book also reviews the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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