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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New developments in distance learning have empowered humans in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. These MOOCs are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that e-learning organizations have to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants need to understand these promising new open education experiments. Academics want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also studies the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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