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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in e-learning are making it possible for people all over the world to be participants in classes online. Massively open online courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that distance learning organizations have to consider today because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can participants certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Guam to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desideratum to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders would like to understand these interesting new open education endeavours. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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