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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which describes topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in online education have enabled students in all parts of the world to take online classes. Massively open online courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning institutions have to consider today because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Palau to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desideratum to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these significant new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing desire for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational topics. This thrilling new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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