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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in electronic educational technology are enabling students in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. MOOC classes are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning institutions have to struggle with now that online learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators certify that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like Facebook to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a increasing desideratum to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Researchers want to comprehend how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this crescive desideratum for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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