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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern improvements in distance learning technology have provided the means for learners all around the world to take part in classes online. Massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning technology organizations have to struggle with now that elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Miriada X to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage poor motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants desire to better perceive these new open education endeavours. Lecturers want to perceive how MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this demand for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This sensational new book also addresses the controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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