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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent advances in distance learning technology have provided the means for humans in all parts of the world to take courses online. MOOCs are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that e-learning technology institutions are dealing with in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like India to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of low student motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these important new open education undertakings. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this developing need for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This authoritative new book also explores the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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