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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in distance learning are enabling people all around the world to take courses online. These massive online courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning organizations are having to deal with more than ever because online education technology is advancing so fast. How can educators make sure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a desideratum to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open education endeavours. Corporations want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this need for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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