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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in distance learning are empowering learners in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology organizations are dealing with today because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Midway Islands to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders want to understand these intriguing new open educational endeavours. People want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing desideratum for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This intriguing new book also reviews the key controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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