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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in learning technology enable students in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like California Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we handle issues like poor motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Scholars want to perceive how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing demand for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This inspiring new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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