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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in distance learning technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to take classes online. These MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that elearning organizations are having to struggle with now that online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Heard Island and McDonald Islands to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like low motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Educators want to know how MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this crescive demand for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also describes the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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